I am daughter,although my parents have passed, a wife, mother and grandmother, and now another woman battling breast cancer. These are a few thoughts about my life and life in general. Some may be humorous, some serious - just like life. Come join me!

Thursday, August 09, 2012

What a difference

The vision in my left eye has been poor at best since the aneurysm that I had that was "fixed" in 2006. When the poor vision progressed to where it was yesterday, I didn't really think much of it. Even though the Ophthalmologist told me to check the little grid daily and call her immediately if I noticed a change in my vision - when I really couldn't see the lines, I didn't realize something was wrong.

So I had "the injection" yesterday. While I still am not really to read letters and the like there is more light coming in. Driving before was really scary. I really couldn't see at any distance. The last time we went to the SSB we took Daughter's old truck up to be a farm truck and live out its days there. So since we needed a way home - I drove the Toyota. It was quite a tense trip.

Today we took the Toyota to have its fluids changed, and I followed in the truck since we never know how long it may take our mechanic. Plus I get something that is the biggest luxury in life - breakfast at a restaurant! Driving was so much better.

I am going to be hopeful here and think that with the change after one injection and one day, that perhaps I won't really have to be doing this every month. If I do, oh well. But it would be nice to not have my eye "jacked" with every month. It still feels gritty!!

In other things, I was really worried about Simone yesterday. We changed her food to one that is organic and the like. She has been losing hair (for years) to the point where I am afraid we will have a hairless boxer. She has been on a low fat food that is also meant for diabetic dogs for so many years, and I just decided that a change was in order - hopefully to re-grow hair. I know I haven't regrown my hair since chemo, but it was a little sparse before, and my dog doesn't need to give me moral support in that way.

I also was going to give her some treats after she takes her "old lady pills" for incontinence, her glucosamine, and Prevacid. I thought I was buying a good one. I bought Milo's Kitchen chicken bits. Yesterday there was a post that the chicken jerky had been been recalled. It is made in China. I looked at her chicken bits and while it isn't jerky, it is also made in China. And of course she chose yesterday to act like a child refusing to eat all of her breakfast. She will do this, but with the two things together I was really afraid I had killed my dog!

Fortunately she is well today! I can see today more than yesterday. All's right in my world.

New Man in Town

Simone, my sweet old girl

Shadow the wild man

About Me

I was a woman who dreaded the thought of getting older and becoming a grandmother. Now being a grandmother is one of my greatest joys. Time changes us all. Hopefully for the better. Retirement is the greatest thing in the world - I wish I could have done it at 23.